@article{fdi:010037891,
  title = {{T}he relevance of wing geometry in entomological surveillance of {T}riatominae, vectors of {C}hagas disease},
  author = {{D}ujardin, {J}ean-{P}ierre and {B}eard, {C}. {B}. and {R}yckman, {R}.},
  abstract = {{A}n important epidemiological challenge in controlling the {T}riatominae ({H}emiptera: {R}eduviidae), vectors of {C}hagas disease, is identifying the origin of insects re-infesting treated areas, especially when reinfestation occurs during the first 1 or 2 years following insecticide application and in the absence of insecticide resistance. {W}hen using strict insect characteristics, the standard approach is to compare reinfesting specimens with those collected prior to treatment. {B}ecause of the long generation time of {T}riatominae, the experimental intent is to reject the hypothesis of a previous population, the one prior to insecticide application, to be the parental population of the reinfesting population. {B}iometric techniques are based on the hypothesis of more similarity between offspring and parents, and have been tested in the field. {R}einfesting specimens are very few when discovered, which might cause sampling problems. {T}he present study used museum material to test the performance of modern morphometrics to assess the origin of a single individual. {A} configuration of 13 landmarks was used to assign a single wing to its known parental line or relatives. {F}or the 313 wings tested, correct attribution to the parental line was four times higher than expected at random. {M}oreover, most of the apparently wrong assignments were not random, but driven by lower levels of kinship. {T}hese results suggest that the geometry of the wing contains helpful information to identify the possible source of reinfesting specimens.},
  keywords = {geometric morphometrics ; {T}riatoma protracta ; vector control strategies ; chagas disease},
  journal = {{I}nfection {G}enetics and {E}volution},
  volume = {7},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {161--167},
  ISSN = {1567-1348},
  year = {2007},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.meegid.2006.07.005},
  URL = {http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010037891},
}